Save Struggling Hospitals Act

TL;DR (AI)

• The bill amends the Social Security Act to codify the Medicare low-wage index hospital policy, affecting area wage index adjustments for hospitals.
• Hospitals with area wage indexes below the 25th percentile will have their area wage index increased, starting October 1, 2019, by half the difference between their applicable index and the 25th percentile index.
• The adjustments must be budget neutral and cannot decrease the area wage index below the 75th percentile or 95% of the previous year's index.